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.TH "GROUP\&.CONF" "5" "10/24/2024" "Linux\-PAM" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
group.conf \- configuration file for the pam_group module
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The pam_group PAM module does not authenticate the user, but instead it grants group memberships (in the credential setting phase of the authentication module) to the user\&. Such memberships are based on the service they are applying for\&.
.PP
For this module to function correctly there must be a correctly formatted
/etc/security/group\&.conf
file present\&. White spaces are ignored and lines maybe extended with \*(Aq\e\*(Aq (escaped newlines)\&. Text following a \*(Aq#\*(Aq is ignored to the end of the line\&.
.PP
The syntax of the lines is as follows:
.PP
\fIservices\fR;\fIttys\fR;\fIusers\fR;\fItimes\fR;\fIgroups\fR
.PP
The first field, the
\fIservices\fR
field, is a logic list of PAM service names that the rule applies to\&.
.PP
The second field, the
\fItty\fR
field, is a logic list of terminal names that this rule applies to\&.
.PP
The third field, the
\fIusers\fR
field, is a logic list of users, or a UNIX group, or a netgroup of users to whom this rule applies\&. Group names are preceded by a \*(Aq%\*(Aq symbol, while netgroup names are preceded by a \*(Aq@\*(Aq symbol\&.
.PP
A logic list namely means individual tokens that are optionally prefixed with \*(Aq!\*(Aq (logical not) and separated with \*(Aq&\*(Aq (logical and) and \*(Aq|\*(Aq (logical or)\&.
.PP
For these items the simple wildcard \*(Aq*\*(Aq may be used only once\&. With UNIX groups or netgroups no wildcards or logic operators are allowed\&.
.PP
The
\fItimes\fR
field is used to indicate "when" these groups are to be given to the user\&. The format here is a logic list of day/time\-range entries\&. The days are specified by a sequence of two character entries, MoTuSa for example is Monday Tuesday and Saturday\&. Note that repeated days are unset MoMo = no day, and MoWk = all weekdays bar Monday\&. The two character combinations accepted are Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Wk Wd Al, the last two being week\-end days and all 7 days of the week respectively\&. As a final example, AlFr means all days except Friday\&.
.PP
Each day/time\-range can be prefixed with a \*(Aq!\*(Aq to indicate "anything but"\&. The time\-range part is two 24\-hour times HHMM, separated by a hyphen, indicating the start and finish time (if the finish time is smaller than the start time it is deemed to apply on the following day)\&.
.PP
The
\fIgroups\fR
field is a comma or space separated list of groups that the user inherits membership of\&. These groups are added if the previous fields are satisfied by the user\*(Aqs request\&.
.PP
For a rule to be active, ALL of service+ttys+users must be satisfied by the applying process\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
These are some example lines which might be specified in
/etc/security/group\&.conf\&.
.PP
Running \*(Aqxsh\*(Aq on tty* (any ttyXXX device), the user \*(Aqus\*(Aq is given access to the floppy (through membership of the floppy group)
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
xsh;tty*&!ttyp*;us;Al0000\-2400;floppy
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Running \*(Aqxsh\*(Aq on tty* (any ttyXXX device), the users \*(Aqsword\*(Aq, \*(Aqpike\*(Aq and \*(Aqshield\*(Aq are given access to games (through membership of the floppy group) after work hours\&.
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
xsh; tty* ;sword|pike|shield;!Wk0900\-1800;games, sound
xsh; tty* ;*;Al0900\-1800;floppy
    
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Any member of the group \*(Aqadmin\*(Aq running \*(Aqxsh\*(Aq on tty*, is granted access (at any time) to the group \*(Aqplugdev\*(Aq
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
xsh; tty* ;%admin;Al0000\-2400;plugdev
     
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBpam_group\fR(8),
\fBpam.d\fR(5),
\fBpam\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
pam_group was written by Andrew G\&. Morgan <morgan@kernel\&.org>\&.
